Origami

[Phlegm]

Sony will lose again...

First Beta, then MiniDisc, now Blu-ray...

HD DVD has a smaller capacity than Blu-ray only 15/30 gb compare to 25/50 gb for blu-ray. However, HD DVD will be first one out the chute. It will be available in April while Blu-ray won't be out until summer.

A big advantage for HD DVD is that replicators (the manufacturers of the actual high-def discs) can economically put HD DVDs into production with only minor modifications to existing DVD pressing machinery. Blu-ray, on the other hand, requires totally new retooling, plus new manufacturing lines and presses, so there is a huge potential capital expense for Blu-ray disc manufacturers.

HD DVD also has one other advantage over Blu-ray. A hybrid HD DVD is possible, with a regular DVD movie version on one side of the disc and the High-Def version on the flip side

[Tossica]

HD DVD will win out for those reasons PLUS silly as it is, it has HD and DVD in the name, both of which the average Best Buy patron would relate to.

[Lyion]

Or neither could win, and people could stick to standard DVDs verus HD formats for a while further.

[Ouchyfish]

or a third option, the PS3 decides to use tape drives.